Shipping container



nerthat pilferingv of the'contentsutheijfeof,

Pater-ned iDec., 7, i926. e UNETEDST'ES sareste? CHARLES BARRIEYPooL ANDROBERT WINFORD Rooi., 'or STAMPS, ARKANSAS;

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Application mearebmary 27, ieeallseriai no iaoea Our inventionrelates'to shipping containers, and it consists in the combinations,constructions andarrangements lierein def scribed and claimed.

' An object 'of the invention is to .provide a vcontainer,which isconstructed in such inan- Withoutv permanent injury tov the crate `isprevented. v L i *i A further object of the invention is .the provisionof shippingcontainer having a body and topk and bottorninein'bers formedAseparatefroml oneanother., kthe top and the "body and thebottoin andthe bodyy having co-engaging locking incinbers for holding the topv andthe bottoni against displacement Vfrom the bodyy after theyhave beenapplied to the body until the fastening means or the 4container properhave been broken. y

. furtherjobject of the invention` is the provision of Aa containerhaving top and bot-l. tom members formed separate `froni the body of thecontainerfand adapted tobe applied to the body, and Secured againsty,displacement y Without therebeing any necessity of securing any'ynailsorlike fastening devices in'the body at the time ofthe application lofkthe top and bottom thereto.

v ofthis application, .in 'ul/biche#y 40 i A igurel` isa'perspectivevievv of thefiinproved container, and

`l'lrigure 2 is a Alongitudinal verticalv sectiony through thecontainer( 'l'lhef` embodiment fof the invention illustrated "inthedravvings is'l acrate although it-jwill be understood frointhegfollovvimig "forate Walls;

@died infabox 0r' @llevase/ having imper- The Grate shown in thedra'ivingS :hiPSi'riL body which is substan'ti'ally rectangular in'Hzcro'sssectional `contour.V This .iis the,v prei ferred but notnecessarilythe' onlypgfor'm-jof crate bodyvvhich theinvent'ionniay'ernbody,

The crate body comprises four corner :posts tical lslats slatsQ'lareconne'cted bynails 3 or like faistening devices tothe side facesof adjacent corner posts.

recessieM Upper and lower horizontal i' end bars or slats t and 5'respectively are securedy nails 6 .to adjacent cornerposts,

each bar tha-ving the end portions thereofl secured upon the upper endsJofa pair of adjacentcornerposts l andV each bar 5 like-A Wise havingthe end portions` thereof secured upon the bottoni ends of a 'pair'ofadjacent corner postsfL Spaced vertical side slats 7 are secured bynails 8 v.oililre fastening-.de -l vices to the fhorizontalfside Abars 2Vagainst theinner faces of. side bars 2 solthat' the respective verticalslats? extend above Athe upper edge of the upper horizontal bar 2 andbelow the lower edgeof the loiver bar 9 The 'upper ends ofthe'res'pective slats 7 c are flush with one another as'are the lowerends of the respective slats '7.v

The crate body also includes yspaeedver'- tical end slats Q secured tothe horizontal end bars l 5 against the i1iner-faces of said horizontalend bars by nails" 1 0 or like ofthe lovver endsofthe vert icalslats" 7The bott-0in Vunit of "thefcratefcolnprises a bot-toni yendV bars llconnected together at their ends and held in' spaced parallel relationby parallel bottoni side bars 12, the

connectionfbetween' 'meeting ends of bars 11 and l?V being effected`bynails 1 8 or like fasteningdevices. The bottoni unit' also includes jspaced 4longitudinal bars'.` 14" yar- 'ran ged, betueenfthe bottoni endllbars and'4 secured to 'the 'latter by nails 115 or likejfasthe.longitudinal bars lllV andi-are secured Vvto Vthe *latterv by-,n'ails17 or likeffastening devices'. The, bottomV frame isadaptedto fit `ofthe b ottoinjendfinernbers 'l1 abut the soV Vvfastening devices; Thevertical end slats 9` extendlabove theupper edges of Vthe up- 'ledges ofthey lowerl bars 5 Vand terminate fat- Vtheir lower ends slightly belowvthe. level 'rectangular'{f1-aine consisting of aljpair of 1 A v teningdevices,` Bottoniftransverse bars or y l K K V "slat's 16 extend acrossthe Vinner faces of .descrlption that the finvention rna`y beernlowerhorizontal end bars! 5^, and `the lo'vverV Y .lends Vof thevertical slats 7 abut fthe trans-iV versei'bottoinslats 16.vAjho'rizontalflock-= ing hay 0r. lug e ISL secured against the. y i

i over the derendingend portions'of the ver! and v'Qunt-ltheuppelgedges.

outer faces of the lower end portions of the vertical slats 9 at eachend of the body'of the crate byvn'ieans of nails 19 or like fasteningdevices in position to enter and engage with Va recess v2O in thefinnerface of Vthe adjacent bottom end member 11 when tlhe bottom is appliedto the body of the crate. The upper wall of the recess 2O is horizontal,as 'at 21, while vrthe lower wall of the recess 2O is inclined, as at22. The locking bar 18 has the upper and lower faces thereof formed toclosely engage with the'l upper and lower walls'ofy the recess 2O inwhich the locking bar is received vwhen the crate.

L1 cessv 20 and then pressing on the other end v of the bottom andinwardly on the slats 9 Yiii at the other end of the body of the crateuntil the second locking bar 18 snaps into place in the second recess20. The bottom then will be secured against ldisplacement from the bodyandV cannot be removed from the body except by the use of tools andsutlicient 65.' 1. "The "strap Y32 is of sufficient length to force tobreak members of the bottom or the body.

lar to the bottom, unit except in `one particular which Vwill be pointedout. The top unit comprises a rectangular frame adapted to lit over theextending upper end portions of'tlie'slats 7 and 9. ylhis top framecom-V prises end bars 23 and 24;, respectively, side bars 25 spacedlongitudinal top bars 26, and spaced transverse top bars 27 which eX-tend across the under faces of the bars 26. Meeting or siiperposedportions of the members of the top unit are secured to each other by.nails 28 or likefastening devices.

` The end top member 23 is similar to'eacli of theY endbottom members'18and has a horizontalY recess 29 in its inner face adapted to receive andengage with a horizontal locking barr 30 which is securely fastened' bynails 31 or like fastening devices onto the outer facesV of the upperend portions of the verticalwbars y9 at Vone vend of the body of thecrate. recess 29 is horizontal while the upper wall of the recess 29 isinclined and the upper and-lowei'wwalls of thelocking bar 30 arecorrespondingly formed. i

A `metalfastening strap 32 which is Strong but at thelsame timebendableis attached atone eii'dfup'on the middle longitudinal vbar 26ofthe jtop and is'. formed with ,an opening adjacent to its nother endadaptf edv to engage with a. headed.fastening:` mein bei' 34 whichprotrudes from the inner face of the adjacent upper horizontal end bar The lower wall of the:

y hold the end bar 2liof the top unit vfirmly on the correspondinghorizontal end bar 4 when the strap has been engaged with the fasteningmember 34 and the top unit then has been pressed down over the extendingupper end portions of the vertical slats' Y and 9 until the horizontalVlocking bar 30 has snapped into place in the recess 29. .The top thencannot be removed intact from the body of the crate until the fasteningstrap 32 has been cut or otherwise broken.v

VFrom the foregoing description of the va# rious parts of thev device,the l:operation thereof may be readily understood. The top and bottomwill reenf-orce the, body of the crate orother formi of container`einbodying the invention andV will prevent 'outward bulging of the wallsofthe body because of pressure from the inside of the body. TheyimprovedY container therefore will be extremely strong and durable whileit also may be light in weight.y Moreover, the pressure on the-bodyfromthe. inside because of the filling of thebody ,ofy the container tendsyto make more secuiethe al` reacy *stableV and positive engageinent'ofthe locking bars on the body with the rrecesses in the top and bottommembers. kThe top cannot be displaced vfrom the body yand the Y c A topand body leftV intact until the fastening rihe top or cover unit of thecrate is siini.

strap v32 has been broken nor can the bottoni be displaced from thebodywithout serious injury tothe bottom or body. Therefore pilfering ofthe contents of' the container while it isy in transit withoutnoticeable and serious injury to the container isV practicallyprevented.

Obviously,'the inventionis susceptibleof embodimentin forms other thanthat which is illustrated in the acconip.anyingdrawings and we thereforeconsider as` our own all such modifications .and adaptations thereof asfairly fallY within theV scope ofthe appendled claims.` Y.

We claim 1. In a container ofthev characterV de- V scribed` a verticalbodyV open'at one end.A a

cover for saidend, said cover including aV frame fitting oversaid endportion of the body, said cover framefh'aving horizontal recesses ininner fa'cesof oppositer members thereof, and locking bars on oppositeinembers of thefbody adapted to enter and engage with said recesses tohold saidicover perinanentlyin place, the, inner walls of said recessesbeing horizontal, thev outerf wallsof spondingwalls oftherecesses, saidrlocking` Vsaid recesses 'beinginclin'edgand the inner l rand outer'walls' ofjsaid lockingfbars 'being Y fashionedto closely contactwitli'the correbars'being completely vcovered by 'said/frame Y Y memberswhen vsaid 'locking bars are .engaged with saidy recesses. Y 2.V Acratecomprising abodyrect'angular in crossl sectional conto-ur,.said lbodycoincent corner posts, vertical end, bars secured to the Yinner faces ofthe horizontal end bars and extending above and below the corner osts abottom comy risin a rectan ular 7 g frame and transverse andlongitudinalbottom head members, said frainevbelng-adaptved to fit over theextending lower end porl5V tions of said vertical body bars untilcertain of ysaid vertical bars abut certain'of said I headbars and theend members of the frame rest upon the horizontalV end body members,-said end members ofthe bottom frame having horizontal recesses in theirinner faces, horizontal vlocking bars on said lower end portions ofthevertical end bars adapted to i enterand engage with vsaid recesses, .a.top

having va rectangular ,frame adapted vto lit overl the extendinguppers-nd portions o f the lvertical bars'of the .body and having headmembers adapted to abut vthe lupper ends of said vertical body bars,'andmeans for securing the top in place. l 3.Y A crate comprisingA a bodyrectangular in cross sectional contour, said body com-f prising cornerposts,`long1tud1nal side bars.

secured-to the side faces of adjacent corner posts, vertical side barssecured to the inner faces of the horizontal side bars and extendingabove the levelsjof the corner posts, horizontal end Vbars respectivelysecured onA the upper and lower ends of, adjacent corner` y posts,V'vertical end bars secured to the inner faces of the horizontal endbars and extending above the corner posts,`a Vbottoinperma-I nentlysecured to the lower endv of said body,

a top having-a rectangular-frame adapted tolt over the extending upperend portions 'ofi the vertical bars of the body, one end member of thetopv frame having a horizontal recess in its inner face, a horizontallocking bar on the extending upper end portions of thecorrespondingvertical bars adapted vto enter and engage with saidrecess, a headed pin extending inwardly from the second end memberrofthe top frame, and a. strap having anend portion permanently secured tothe head of said top and having its vopposite end portion formed with anaperture for ,engaging with said headed pin, whereby said top willbe'irremovablyz secured in place on the body when said strap is firstengaged 'with said pin and the top is pressed down onto the body untilthe*l locking barV snaps into place in said recess; Y

l cHARLiE BARRIE PooL.v

ROBERTWIINFORD POOL.

